Barefoot Gourmet, an organic food company started by former AOL Europe CEO Andreas Schmidt, plans to connect customers with pesticide-free produce from around Costa Rica.
The basic concept behind advanced biofuels, using bioengineered microorganisms to digest organic matter and produce hydrocarbons, is sound, Alan Shaw says. The flaw is basing an industry on plants.
Writer John McPhaul takes a look at the similarities between battles in the U.S. to keep national parks in the public interest, and Costa Rica’s current dilemma of protecting its own parks.
